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The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
Without acknowledging the ever-present gaze of death, the superficial will appear important, and the important will appear superficial.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
Uncertainty is the root of all progress and all growth. As the old adage goes, the man who believes he knows everything learns nothing. We cannot learn anything without first not knowing something.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
Our culture today confuses great attention and great success, assuming them to be the same thing. But they are not.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
Technology has solved old economic problems by giving us new psychological problems.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
People hold on to arbitrary certainties and try to enforce them on others, often violently, in the name of some made-up righteous cause.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
“Don’t hope for a life without problems,” the [Disappointment Panda] said. “There’s no such thing. Instead, hope for a life full of good problems.”
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (2016)
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